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[...] Chief House Appropriator Urges Obama to Change Course on Afghanistan [...]

By: Sen. Kerry: It would ‘irresponsible’ for Obama to commit more troops to Afghanistan right now. | Dailycensored.com

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:00:46 +0000

[...] In an interview with CBS, Kerry similarly said that the decision on sending more forces cannot be made until the disputed election is settled. Kerry’s comments follows concerns by Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA), who argued that troop increases “wouldn’t be well received” in Congress, and Rep. David Obey (D-WI), who argued that a counterinsurgency operation in Afghanistan would be “futile.” [...]

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By: Obama’s Afghan Approach Complicated by Progressive Opposition | GSA Schedule Services

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:17:16 +0000

[...] Rep. David Obey (D-Wisc.), the chief House appropriator, called a counterinsurgency strategy “futile” and expressed doubt that the U.S. could reverse Taliban advances at acceptable [...]

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Week in Review, 10/4-10/10 « Yale Afghanistan Forum — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:32:37 +0000

[...] David Obey of Wisconsin, forty-year veteran and chair of the Appropriations committee, has some questions he’d like to see answered before he supports an increased commitment. First, he’d like [...]

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econoblog.info » Score the War — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:14:23 +0000

[...] Chief House Appropriator Urges Obama to Change Course On Afghanistan “There are some fundamental questions that I would ask of those who are suggesting that we follow a long term counterinsurgency strategy: [...]

By: strangely_enough

strangely_enough — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:58:19 +0000

“CBO is earnestly measuring the cost of each competing healthcare plan. Shouldn’t it be asked to do the same thing with respect to Afghanistan?”
[...]
And unlike the demands that are being made of the healthcare alternatives that they be deficit neutral, we’ve heard no such demand with respect to Afghanistan.

Or pretty much anything involving the Pentagon. The double standard is pretty glaring.

By: Matthew Yglesias » David Obey’s Radical Idea

Matthew Yglesias » David Obey’s Radical Idea — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:01:41 +0000

[...] David Obey, the top appropriator in the House, has a hot new letter out expressing deep skepticism about the wisdom of an ambitious COIN mission in Afghanistan. I think [...]